Shababnews ("Youth News") is a television programme in Jordan. The first TV News Programme for young people in Arabic was launched on Jordan Television on April 5, 2007. Shababnews runs for half an hour every week on Thursdays at 5pm and is targeted at teenagers up to 15 years old. In a region where news is often an official 'product', it is an interesting development, following over two dozen similar programmes in Europe, some of which have been on air for over thirty years. The Shababnews programmes are available to Arabic speakers all over the world, via the web-site.